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10.539[J] Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems

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(Same subject as 2.795[J], 6.561[J], 20.430[J])
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
http://web.mit.edu/beh.430/www/
Lecture: MW1-2.30 (32-124) +final

Molecular diffusion, diffusion-reaction, conduction, convection in biological systems; fields in heterogeneous media; electrical double layers; Maxwell stress tensor, electrical forces in physiological systems. Fluid and solid continua: equations of motion useful for porous, hydrated biological tissues. Case studies of membrane transport, electrode interfaces, electrical, mechanical, and chemical transduction in tissues, convective-diffusion/reaction, electrophoretic, electroosmotic flows in tissues/MEMs, and ECG. Electromechanical and physicochemical interactions in cells and biomaterials; musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other biological and clinical examples. Prior undergraduate coursework in transport recommended.
A. Grodzinsky, B. Tidor, M. Jonas
Textbooks (Fall 2018)